Middle East Conversation Webinar
Join us for our second MEC2020 webinar: COVID-19 and Theological Education in the Middle Eastern Context: Between Mounting Challenges and Emerging Opportunities Date: 16 July 2020, 4:00-5:30 pm Beirut Time (GMT+3) Contributors include: Elie Haddad, President of the...
Middle East Conversation 2020
A Dynamic Pause: Reflections on Simplicity, Purpose, and Transformation in this Time of Pandemic. Registration for the first webinar will be open on June 1st To learn more and register for event:...
Reconciled with Our Daily Bread
In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus teaches us to ask God for our daily bread. And yet when He is tested during His time in the desert, it is bread that Jesus refuses, stating that “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).
20 Years of LSESD: Peacebuilding and Dialogue
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is full of complexity and prone to conflict. The region needs people who collectively advocate for peace and understanding and help provide opportunities for dialogue. An important achievement of LSESD over the last 20...
Reflections of an MRel Student
The Master of Religion in Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MRel in MENA Studies) is a unique and innovative multidisciplinary program of our Seminary’s Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES). The following are the reflections of an MRel Student. What does...
Friendship that Builds Bridges: Training Up Global Citizens at BBS
The Beirut Baptist School’s (BBS) enduring mandate has always been ‘to prepare its students in mind, body, and spirit to meet the challenges of the world around them’, expressing the essence of what it now means to be a ‘global citizen’. While the curriculum at BBS...
The IMES Mission, from Integral Formation, to a Movement for Integral Transformation
The Institute of Middle East Studies was, from the start, established at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in response to a deep felt need for a more integral approach to mission in Lebanon and our region. As Evangelicals, we have focused primarily on the oral...